Ascorbic Acid:
A six carbon compound related to glucose. It is found naturally in citrus fruits and many vegetables. Ascorbic acid is an essential nutrient in human diets, and necessary to maintain connective tissue and bone. Its biologically active form, vitamin C, functions as a reducing agent and coenzyme in several metabolic pathways. Vitamin C is considered an antioxidant.

1Molecular Pharmacology and Pathology Program, Department of Pathology & Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, 2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University

1Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 4Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, 5Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 6Cardiovascular Research Center, Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center, Medical College of Wisconsin

1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, 2Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California Riverside, 3Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California Riverside

1Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 2Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, ETH Zurich, 3ICN2-Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia, 4WITec GmbH, 5Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, 6School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham

1Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 2Epithelial Biology Laboratory, Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, 3Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore

1Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 2DOE Joint Genome Institute, 3Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, 4Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

1Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, Child Health Research Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine